El Toro takes Tinsley air to win

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MISSION VIEJO El Toro coach
Robert Frith figured the best game plan to beat No. 11 Villa Park on Friday night was to depend on the right arm of junior quarterback
Trey Tinsley. So Tinsley threw, and threw, and threw some more.

He completed 50 of 75 passes for 502 yards and six touchdowns — all career bests — in leading No. 18 El Toro to a 42-35 win at Trabuco Hills High.

“That was our plan all week,” Frith said. “We felt Villa Park's line was very good, so our best shot was to rip it through the air.”

“My offensive line was great tonight,” Tinsley said, “and, in my opinion, I have the best receivers in the county to throw to.”

Receiver
Dominic Collins again was his top target as the 6-foot-3 senior caught 17 passes for 220 yards and three touchdowns. Collins is the leading receiver in Orange County this season with 59 receptions for 735 yards and nine scores.

“We really needed this win,” said Frith, whose Chargers came into Friday's game riding a two-game losing skid. “This was a good win against a quality program. I'm really proud of our kids tonight.”

“It was a crazy night,” Spartans coach
Dusan Ancich said. “We anticipated (El Toro) would throw 90 percent of the time. We just didn't do a good job against their scheme. I wouldn't have changed what they were doing. It was working.”

The game was tied, 14-14, before El Toro took the lead for good on its next-to-last possession of the first half. Tinsley was 4 for 4 on the seven-play, 80-yard drive, hitting Collins on a 6-yard slant with 2:02 left.

The loss ruined a stellar night for Spartans quarterback
Dylan Osborne, who completed 18 of 29 passes for 333 yards and three touchdowns.

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